сәй

Bashkir

Сәй (sense 1)
Сәй (sense 2)

Etymology

From Persian چای (čây), Sanskrit चाय (cāya), from Sinitic (MC drae, “tea”).

Cognate with Southern Altai, Kyrgyz, Karakalpak чай (çay), Kazakh шай (şai), Karachay-Balkar шай (şay), Tatar чәй (çäy), Uzbek choy, Uyghur چاي (chay), Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen çay (tea), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sæj]
  • Hyphenation: сәй (one syllable)

Noun

сәй • (säy)

  1. tea (drink)
    Күк сәй.Kük səy.Green tea.
    Ҡаты сәй.Qatı səy.Strong tea.
    Байрам булды ниһә, ауылда ҡатын-ҡыҙҙар сәйгә йөрөшөр ине.
    Bayram buldı nihə, awılda qatın-qıźźar səygə yöröşör ine.
    On holidays, women in villages would visit each other for tea.
  2. tea (dried leaves of tea plant)
    Таҡта сәй.Taqta səy.Tea brick, compressed tea.

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